Truck for capstans



(No Model.)

H. T. WHITE.

TRUCK FOR GAPSTANS. I No. 358,906. Patented Mar. 8, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY T. WHITE, OF EDDYVILLE, IOYVA.

TRUCK FOR CAPSTANS.

EPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 358,906, dated March 8,1887.

Application filed November 6, 1886. Serial No. 218,128. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY T. WHITE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Eddyville, in the county of Wapello and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Arched Axles forOapstans and other Purposes; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being badto the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a top plan view of my improved truck; Fig.2, a side elevation showing in full lines the truck-frame in positionwhen anchored and in dotted lines when raised, and Fig. 3 a detail viewin perspective of the crank-axle.

The object of the present invention is to provide a truck for supportingand holding a Windlass, capstan, and all other class of machineryrequiring to be firmly set or anchored in the ground to be used formoving buildings, running ditching-machines, and similar uses, wherebythe truck-frame can be quickly lowered to fasten the 'flulres that areusually employed in the ground and raising the frame to disconnect thornor withdraw the flukes therefrom; and the invention consists in cer taindetails of construction, substantially as shown in the drawings, andhereinafter de scribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the frame of the truck, ofanydesirable form and construction, and is provided with the flukes a,of any preferred shape and of any number found desirable, said flukesadapted to enter the ground when the truck is anchored.

The frame A may have connected to it a Windlass, capstan, or othermachine or device adapted for moving buildings, running ditching andother machines, or raising and lowering heavy weights, and therefore Ideem it unnecessary to show in the drawings such attachment. The forwardend of the frame A is provided with a bolster, b, journaled or pivotedto the sides of the frame, and to this bolster is pivoted, upon theunder side thereof, the axle 0, upon the ends of which'are mounted theforward truck-wheels, B. The bolster I) and axle c are also connectedtogether by braces 01 e, and are provided with a suitable clevis, f, orother means for attaching thereto a rope or other connection, 9, theopposite end of such connection being attached to a lever, 0, preferablyof U shape, but may be of any other preferred construction. This leverhas connected to it crank-axles D, which arcjournaled in thetruck-frameA in any well-known manner, and upon the outer extremities are mountedthe rear truck-wheels, E.

Previous to anchoring the truck with its load it is in the positionshown in dotted lines, Fig. 2, the frame thereof beingsupported abovethe axles and the lever O in an elevated position. Now, when it isdesired to anchor the truck firmly in position on the ground, the leverC is brought in position as indicated in full lines, Fig. 2, and bymeans of the crank-axles D and the connection 1 with the axle of theforward truck-wheels both the forward and hind wheels will be raisedabove the frame or off the ground, when the weight upon the truck willforce the dukes in the grou ml and firmly hold the frame stationary.\Vhen the truck is to be moved, the lever O is raised to the positionshown in dotted lines, which will throw the truckwheels down in contactwith the ground, using them as a fulcrum to elevate the frame A and drawthe flukes from out the ground, thereby providing a very simple andeffective means of anchoring the truck and releasing it, as re quircd.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

In a truck, a suitable frame provided with flukes, in combination withforward and rear truck-wheels, the former being connected to an axlepivoted toa bolster, which is in turn pivoted or journaled to the frame,and the latter-mentioned wheels connected to crank-axles provided withan operating-lever, the same being connected to the forward axle bymeans of a rope, whereby both axles are operated simultaneously by meansof the lever, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY T. XVHITE.

\Vitnesses:

F. D. BOYER, T. BARNES.

